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Jolgrøhornet's summit is located on the Stordal/Stranda kommune border. The mountain is enclosed by Storfjorden/Norddalsfjorden and highway RV650 from Stordal to Gravaneset. There are also other independent mountains within this area, but Jolgrøhornet is the highest.
Jolgrøhornet has a reputation for being a good skiing mountain, and you have several options for ascent and descent. Telemark skiers will enjoy themselves in the 600m (vertical meters) hill from top of Vardebakkane down to Ringsetsætra. Access to the mountain is also easy, thanks to the forest road to Ringsetsætra, right at the very base of the mountain.
Jolgrøhornet's primary factor is within the Top 20 in Møre og Romsdal county, and provided the weather is good, amazing views are guaranteed.
Jolgrøhornet (M711: 1253m, Ø.K.: -, UTM 32 V 397342 6915131) has a primary factor of 905m towards the higher parent mountain Blåtinden (1338m). The defining saddle (approx. 32 V 400742 6912829) is found along the top of the road between Stordal and Gravaneset, more precisely north of Storskardnakken. Ref. Økonomisk Kartverk (5m contours), the saddle is within the range 345m-350m, interpolated to 348m.
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The trails described below are not necessarily the *easiest* trails to this mountain.
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Stavseng - Jolgrøhornet (winter)
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Access
From Ålesund, follow highway E136->E39 towards Åndalsnes. From the E136/E39/Olsvika roundabout near Breivka, follow E39 28Km to the RV650 junction just after Sjøholt. Turn right onto RV650 (Geiranger/Stordal) and continue 31Km on this road (passing Stordal). Turn right towards Stranda and drive 450m. Turn left onto a road that leads up to farm and houses. Turn sharp right after 200m and continue 400m. In a sharp left-turn, drive straight ahead onto a forest road. Find parking nearby, where you don't block for tractor work.
If you arrive from the south, take the ferry from Stranda to Gravaneset.
The route
Head up the forest road (ignore the first road that runs to your left) and turn left onto the forest road that leads to Ringsetsætra.
From Ringsetsætra, your task is to get on the ridge up to your left (unless you want to head straight on towards the mountain). Find a route just south of the streams that you see on the map. The terrain is in general steep here, but you will find one place to safely traverse the hillside. You will gain the ridge at approx. 660m elevation, and from here on, it's a matter of sticking with the ridge all the way to the top.
When you reach Jolgrøeggene, consider following the 930m contour east of the ridge, which will save you some ascent meters. You will then have the basin (Storgrova on the map) down on your right-hand side. In the final hill (from 1100m and upwards), staying left is in general less steep than staying right. When you see fit, turn east and head up to the summit cairn.
More than one month had passed, since I skied Blåskjerdingen and Urfjellet with my friend Petter. A promising weather forecast made Petter again book tickets to Ålesund, but the weather forecast let him down once the tickets were ordered. Still, we wanted to make the most of it, and figured that Jolgrøhornet would be a good ski-trip, even if the weather conditions weren't all that great.
We left the Stavseng trailhead 10:20AM. My dog "Troll" walked a little bit on the forest road towards Ringsetsætra, but hit the backpack as soon as we put the skis on. The forest road was long and perhaps a bit boring, but it provided a very convenient access to the mountain.
It was snowing light, and the light was quite flat. I hoped there wouldn't be too much wind on the mountain, as the sight of a glaciated dog is always a sorry sight. We chose a steep ascent route in order to gain the ridge that would take us up the mountain, but once we were on the ridge, there were no further obstacles. It was simply a mountain that was good for skiing!
Troll whined most of the way up the mountain. Incredibly annoying! I knew he was whining because he wasn't allowed to follow Petter, but it was simply too much snow. Try explaining that to a dog...
After having passed Vardabakkane (1100m), we ran into the fog that hid the summit. Visibility on our way up the final hill was extremely low, but we picked a good route that didn't cause any extra heartbeats. 12:20PM, we were standing on top of Jolgrøhornet. I could see Petter and the cairn, but nothing else. The notion of a "familiar scenario" came to mind. Ref. Glitregga, Onen, Storklumpen, and many more tops..
With low visibility and flat light, following tracks is a big bonus. It didn't take long before we were back at Vardabakkane and had better visibility. The snow was great, and we could let the skis flow. Troll was let out of the backpack and ran while we traversed below Jolgrøeggene. Skiing was more difficult down towards Ringsetsætra, as the snow was more "rugged". However, skiing from Ringsetsætra was a pure delight, and halfway down the forest, Troll was able to run the remaining distance back to the trailhead.
We descended the mountain in one hour and were back at the trailhead 13:30PM. We didn't see much up there, but agreed that the trip was a good one.
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